Feeding mechanism for can-making machines.



W. F. HEBRANK. FEEDING MECHANISM FOR CAN MAKING MACHINES. APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 6, 1906.

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' APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 6, 1908.

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Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

llfhlii WILLIAM F. HEBRANK, OF HIGHLAND, ILLINOIS.

FEEDING MECHANISM FOR CAN-MAKING MACHINES.

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. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 2, 1909.

Application filed March 6, 1908. Serial N 0. $19,417.

T 0 all whom it may concern: M

4 it known that 1, WiLLIAnF. HEBRANK, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at l lighland, in the county of Madison 5 and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feeding Mechanisms for Candvlaking Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being. had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a mechanism for feeding the can body blanks from which sheet metal cans are to be produced to machines that are utilized in bending the can body blanks into the roper shapes for the bodies of cans and furtl fer for the application of the heads to said bodies and the. completion of the cans.

My invention has for its object the produc tion of an improved mechanism associated *ith machines of the kind named, whereby the can body blanks are accurately and positively fed. to the machine.

5 Figure l is a to) or plan view of one end of a can making macninc and my, feeding mechanism associated with said machine. Fig. II is a side elevation of the parts shown I. Fig. III is an enlarged vertical cross section taken on line IH-IIL Fig. II through the feeding mechanism. Fig. 1V is an enlarged longitudinal vertical section taken on line IV KV, Fig. I.

In the accompanying drawings, -1 have I *ment of can making machine in which ssential features are a frame A, of reciprocally supported dog carrying bar B extending longitudinally of said frame and provided with feeding dogs C adapted to 1011 in the machine, side pressure springs ll? 3;); wliiich the can body blanks are held deaid dog carrying bars, a conl .md a detent dog F pivoted to the h. is adapted to preven .ient cl each can body blank lg new to my improved feeding .n which is of utility in delivering :dy blanks X to the parts of the a.- have been described: 1 desig- 'ey the can body blanks X in the forwanl notes the supporting frame of said feeding mechanisms 2 is a driven shaft journaled in boxes mounted upon the supporting frame 1 and to which sprocket wheels 3 are llXGd.

4 is an idler wheel shaft mounted upon the supporting frame and upon which are mounted sprocket wheels 5.

6 are the sprocket'chains of an endless carrier that are operable upon the sprocket wheels 3 and 5 and which have incorporated therein feeding arms 7 by which the can blanks X are conducted during the travel of the chains 6. The driven shaft 2 that is equipped with the sprocket wheels 3 has power communicated to it through the medium of a bevel gear 8, a bevel gear 9 meshing with said gear 8 and mounted upon a driving s it ll '10 that is actuated by'a wheel 11 to which power may be communicated in any suitable manner to cause the Sprocket chains 6 to o erate in conformity to the operation of the l) ank carrying mechanism in the can making machine to which my feeding mechanism is applied.

12 designates inverted U-shaped transverse supporting members having their arms or legs attached to the supporting frame 1 of the feeding mechanism and the horizontal portions of uhich occupy positions beneath the carrier chains 6 in their upper course of travel. These supporting members have mounted thereon longitudinal supporting strips 13 upon which the chains (3 ride in their upper course of travel and the also serve to support a central rest plate 14 for the ill) can body blanks X that is elevated above the supporting members by posts 15 uhiclr rest upon the members 12. The supporting members 12 serve additionally to support longitudinal angular side rest or guide plates 16 for the can body blanks and uhiclr are elevated above the members 12 by posls 17 resting upon said members.

In the practical use of my feeding mechanism the feeding mechanism is opcretwl at a speed corresponding to the speed of operation of the dog carrying burs l: the can making machine so that the c1 chains uill deliver can body blanks placed upon the chains and in front of the feeding arms 7 to the dog carrying bars B in order that the dogs-C may catch the blanks and start them in their movement through the machine. The feeding arms of the carrier chains are Eli) lUU

Ill-5 "wheel shaft, mounted upon the supporting s aced upon said chains in conformity with feeding arms and carried by the sprocket the spacing of the dogs 0 upon each dog car- Wheels, transverse sup orting members havrying bar, and as a consequence, the can i ing legs attached to t e supporting frame, blanks are each and every one accurately delongitudinal supporting strips mounted upon livered from the feedingmech'anism tothe l the transverse supporting members, a cendog carrying bars. r I v, I tral rest plate, posts supporting the central 1 claim: 7 f rest plate upon the supporting members, A feeding mechanism for can making malongitudinal angular. rest plates, and posts chines comprising a supporting frame, boxes supporting. the longitudinal angular rest mounted upon the sup orting' frame, a latesupon the transverse supporting memdriv'en shaft j ournaled in the boxes, sprocket ers. wheels fixed to the driven shaft, an idler WILLIAM F. HEBRANK.

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idler Wheel shaft, sprocket chains having] 

